November and December in EJB Wild West Neighbourhood We have been the most active Neighbourhood in electing new NJRs for the years 2013 - 15. A huge welcome to all of them and they are all apart of our amazing whatsapp group. If you are a Wild West NJR email ryan.baum@gb.cisv.org to join the whatsapp group. Applications to be a Wild West Facilitator have closed and congratulations to Louis (NL) & Joao (POR) who will be working alongside Ryan at WWW’14. Applications are still open for delegations till December 31st, so make sure that you get your delegation of 6 participants signed up before all the spots go into Round 2! International participants can sign up here: http://www.cisv.nl/en/register. Follow all instructions and select WWW 2014 - international participants. There are limited places so sign up ASAP! (Payment required upon sign up).
Mediterranean Neighbourhood November and December were all about Med Nights, the first neighbourhood workshop for this region. Last preparations, emails, time spent with family. Some JBers were quite busy with exams, but all in all we were excited for the upcoming event. More details in the article below! In the meantime there was a small competition going on between the Med countries: who gets the most like on our neighbourhood facebook page. The deadline was 31st December and the winner was Algeria. But honestly saying, everyone did a great job, because in the end we reached more than 600 likes and the EJB Team page might be in danger. Big thanks to the Medhood for making this months exciting and full of surprises!
Central Eastern Neighbourhood
Northern Neighbourhood
It’s still a lot of time until Go East, but every day we’re more and more excited. Content staff is working hard to make this Go East the best ever, and we really think they will be very successful. Stay tuned for Infopack 2, with a lot of cool information, and finally an introduction of our lovely home staff. Also, you know that applications deadline is January 15th, so apply as soon as possible, or you might be late. You already know the drill: if you’re from CEE coutries, talk to your NJR...if not, go here: http://bit.ly/14bfPXI
We organized the Baltic workshop in December that was quite a huge success. We are hoping to continue with this tradition and have another Baltic hosted next year. For now our focus is the NICE weekend only. Group of staff has been formed in december and will be announced soon. We are still looking for participants for this fabulous event. Some of the NJR have changed so we are changing all mailing lists and other channels to get the fresh young blood as involved as possible. Otherwise December is of course the time to be spend with family and friends and get some rest so that is what we did as well. We will be having our next skype meeting in January in fresh and beautiful new year 2014. We hope it will be juicy and successful for all!
Not to forget: we want to thank to all NJRs who finished their term in November, and also welcome all new NJRs, we can’t wait to get to know you better.
EJB Team Update
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
EJBM Round 1 of applications closed on 31/12/13 and Round 2 application have opened!
We had our Mid May Meeting you can find the minutes here: bit.ly/1gpY4uT
Wild West Weekend, NICE and Go East applications are all still open, contact us for more information.
blog link:http://europeanjb.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/30082013/
EJB Team Mid Way Meeting From November 14—18 the EJB Team are going to be having our Mid Way Meeting. We will use this time to discuss any important matters that have arisen over the past 6 months, and we will be planning for the future 6 months. Agenda items will include: Evaluation of our year plan, EJBM planning, Project planning, and a lot of Skype meetings. If you want to be involved you can follow our Live minutes here: EJB Team Mid Way Meeting live Minutes
European Junior Branch Meeting is here! Yes, that’s right! EJBM 2014 is here! EJBM’14 will be hosted by JB Greece in Athens, and it will take place from 16-21st April. Places are limited for each country in the first round, so if you want to make sure you are in Greece you should email your NJR right now! You can join the facebook group here: https:// www.facebook.com/pages/EJBM-2014Greece/146706015507036?fref=ts This is where all our updates will be posted so you can keep upto date! Applications for the first round close on 31/12/13 so make sure you apply through your NJR before then!
JB Personnel changes
Looks like November is the month of most of the changes in your JBs! Remember to notify us about your elections. Also if your chapter elected new LJR(s), hit us with an email, since we are trying to keep our local contacts list as up-to-date as possible. Thanks!
The EJB Team skyping with the IJRs!
New NJRs
Within the month of October we have said ‘goodbye’ to some amazing people we have worked with for the past two years, but we do say ‘hello’ to some new faces to join the amazing work of EJB. Thanks to Noemi Iaia and Silvia and welcome Giulia La Cava and Silvia Erba (ITA) Thanks to Marie Schratzer and welcome Lukas Heizinger (AUT) Thanks to Natalia Blicharska welcome Paulina Jakubowska (POL)
Thanks to Malak Makar, welcome Ali Sarwat (EGY) Thanks to My Starbrink welcome Andreas Nord (SWE) Thanks to Emilie Hellesøe, welcome Frederikke Blemings (DEN) Spain - Thanks to Nicolas Cardenal and welcome to Julia Muniz (ESP)
Thanks to Wouter Segers and welcome Emi Bels (BEL) Thanks to Roxanne Grisard and welcome to Juliette Dupuis (FRA) Thanks to Marina de Raemy and welcome to Ramona Habib and Rachel Levivier (SUI) Welcome to Alicia Iguertsira, who is joining Mido Djeddia and Hakim Cherifi for the next year (ALG) Thanks to Petra Komel and welcome to Hana Klaut (SLO)
The group photo from Med Nights!
Welcome to Ana Ozmec (CRO) Welcome to Gordan Jordanov (FYR) Welcome to Patrik Lamberg and Matias Jaako (FIN)
Med Nights! I arrived as last to the campsite in Koprivnica, Croatia. A bit nervous on what to expect there, if everyone got here and how will the first mediterranean neighbourhood workshop go, I entered the activity room. And then I saw some old friends faces and some new smiling. It reassured me that the next few days full with activities and bonding will turn out great. I put aside different expectations floating in my head and let it flow. We explored different points where diversity meets human rights, starting with gender stereotypes in our languages and finishing on a great session with a guest speaker that showed us what are the best manners when you interact with people with different types of disability. In the meantime we worked on what JB means to us personally and where do we want to see each other, why do we have neighbourhoods and trying to find out Med identity. We also had time to start working on projects and have a skills&knowledge market. All that in a diverse environment, with 41 participants from 11 countries in atmosphere of bonding, laughs and jokes around. Last night also didn’t disappoint me: Pirates of Mediterranean are ready to explore new oceans and grow stronger as a neighbourhood! Big thanks, gracias, hvala and dziękuję goes to home staff, content staff, IJRs and especially the participants for making this workshop so unique. We know now that there is another valuable workshop to attend during the year with its special flavour. See you at Med Nights in 2014!
Iberico
‘’Ibérico was my first and, I'm sure, not last CISV experience like that. I didn't really know what to expect so I decided to completely get rid of any expectations. It was the best idea. I trusted the combination of the Spanish and Portuguese spirit and it was worth it. Each day was different. Through those 5 days, I've learned many new things about CISV itself and just about myself. I've met many new CISV people that literally became my good friends and I can say it again, CISV didn't disappoint me. Well, it never does.’’ - Iza Jablonowska (Poland), at Ibérico 2013 in Barcelona
NaJuWo
It was early December and in Hamburg that only meant one thing, it was time for NaJuWo! But in Hamburg the days were cold and there was storm brewing, planes were grounded, trains were delayed and German efficiency was nowhere to be seen. Even with this disruption it didn’t stop the determined NaJuWo participants from arriving, though with a few people a little behind schedule, that’s 84 participants from 19 chapters from 9 countries! The anticlimactic storm (a bit of wind and rain) had passed, everyone had arrived and NaJuWo was in full swing with some brilliant activities based on the theme of Heimat (there is no English translation, but it means home, but not just birthplace. The word Heimat contains more dimensions; It is also about identity, selfperception and acceptance; society, language and culture. So a bit like ‘home is where the heart is’). We got to know each other through our own personal Heimats, and also touched upon the topic of asylum and if your Heimat can change, through discussions and an activity based in a fantasy world, where you collide with new cultures and overcome challenges that change your environment and culture, we questioned if it can also change your Heimat. We also had an introduction and a first look at some of the projects going on in CISV for next year’s theme, as well as many other great activities. There was a fairy tale ending to the weekend, well… there was a fairy tale themed party, but that’s close enough. This was a great way to end and amazing NaJuWo that included; great sessions, great fun and great food with a lot of tzatziki and 84 wonderful participants. Thank you to the staff and everyone involved and hopefully we will see as many people as possible at the always brilliant NaJuWo in 2014.
All the participants from Iberico! Past months in EJB Do you want to see what European Junior Branch has been working on for the year 201213. Then you can find all of our Previous months in EJB on our blog! http:// europeanjb.wordpress.com/ejb-teams-work/
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